Onlife

Onlife #27

Until I immediately got zerged by six or so paladins -- at least, I swear they were paladins, due to the fact that they couldn't catch me after I blinked away, and chugged that free action potion. I got away, and hid somewhere near that crevasse that's by the Chapel, and bided my time. Even if those six pallies eventually killed me, I would at least torment them for a little while. The corpse run isn't that far away, in any case, and I like messing around with paladins. It's kind of like cow-tipping, in a way.

Turns out they got the last laugh, however. By the time I made my way back to the chapel, they were long gone, most likely on their way to Stratholme or something. A level 53 warrior was hanging out by the griffon master when I got there, and he /waved at me. I sheeped him in return, and went searching for larger game.

Alas, it was my lot to be disappointed that night, with something around 30 minutes remaining on my Alterac Valley timer. I did manage to fight a few people near Sorrow Hill when I finally got there (I stopped to finish a quest in Undercroft on the way there), but after a few good two-vs.-one fights, the zerg got the better of me. My battleground dialog box popped up right after I finished my corpse run, lucky for me (those bastards were camping me), which I quickly accepted.

I zoned into Alterac Valley about five minutes before an Alliance victory, apparently on the heels of a mass Horde exodus. /sigh. I got a few paltry honor kills before I logged off, with a mild feeling of disappointment. A loser was me, that night, and I hope that isn't indicative of what WoW is going to feel like, from here on out. I haven't played since then (it's been about a week), incidentally. Upon thinking about it a bit longer, I actually realized that I wasn't even having that much fun in Alterac Valley, apart from a few fleeting moments. What kept me there was the fact that there wasn't anything I'd really rather be doing in-game. Sure, I could level an alt, but that would jeopardize my honor ranking, and as you know, low honor rank = no phat loots.

Is this in my future? I sure hope not...

The week away from WoW has brought me to the realization that PvP, despite being, in my opinion, intrinsically more interesting than instance-running, is just as much of a grind. But when it comes down to it, if you factor in how long it takes to reach a high-enough rank to get the nice gear, you're going to be putting in as much time as the PvE guys. It's the sort of instance that differs.

What can I do to make the WoW experience more enriching? There's still plenty of gear that I want for my character, but 1) I simply don't have eight hours a day to farm honor with, and 2) the idea of running Molten Core for a two percent chance to get an item I need is pretty revolting. Have I reached the peak of my endgame experience? I sure hope this isn't the case. This has happened to me before with MMOs, and I sure don't want it to happen with WoW. I really thought it would be different this time.

At this point, I'm open to suggestions from you guys. If you have any ideas as to what would make my WoW experience more enriching, please share it with me.. I'm all ears. At this point, I'm seriously just waiting for the new RP PVP server to open up so I can raise some hell. And I'm sure no one wants that...